Remember Justine Sacco, the woman who tweeted about she was going to Africa and was scared about AIDS but JUST KIDDING, she wouldn’t get it cause she’s white. Yeah, she sent that as her flight was taking off…and by the time she landed, a new hashtag had gone viral –> #HasJustineLandedYet.

Oh, she lost her job. In case you were curious, she had worked in public relations. Yup.

So here we are, 2017, and tonight we have a new contender for biggest asshole on Twitter: David Leavitt. Tonight there was an explosion with dozens of reported injuries and deaths at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. The crowd, from photos and videos taken at the scene, appears to be largely kids and teenagers. Horrific scenes of fear and blood and shock.

Obviously, this is not a time to make jokes. Except this shitstain. This is what he tweeted:

MULTIPLE CONFIRMED FATALITIES at Manchester Arena. The last time I listened to Ariana Grande I almost died too.

After failing in his efforts to deter then-FBI Director James Comey from dropping the investigation into possible collusion with Russia, Trump shopped around for someone else in the national security leadership structure to put the brakes on the investigation, according to a report by the Washington Post.

To that end, the report claims that Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election.

Fortunately for the country, both declined, deeming the requests to be inappropriate.

The conversation with Rogers was documented in a contemporaneous memo, but it’s unclear whether a similar memo exists with respect to Coats. The conversations occurred immediately after James Comey testified before Congress on March 20th that an investigation into possible collusion did indeed exist.

Here’s the kicker: They declined to cede to Trump’s request because to do so would have been false.

I don’t think I will ever be able to get the image out of my head of Trump bowing and curtsying to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. Sure other presidents, both Republican and Democrat, have visited the Saudis and even kissed and held hands with their leaders. This is not uncommon among men in Arabic countries, and I do not care one way or another. To argue about such expressions of respect serves no one.

The hypocrisy of it all doesn’t even frustrate me that much. Trump specifically targeted Muslims during his campaign and continues to do so. From Muslim bans and registries to lying about seeing Muslims celebrating the 9/11 terrorist attack, there has been no doubt left in my mind that he does not like them. But I’ve grown used to his hypocrisy and expect nothing less. The man proves on a daily basis that he cannot tell the truth. It would actually shock me were he to be sincere and honest.

The problem I have with Trump visiting Saudi Arabia is the same I have had for any other president: women’s and gay rights violations. It is beyond abhorrent that an American president, Democrat or Republican, would ever visit this country without at least commenting on these crimes. I’m not talking about something they did 20 years ago. I’m talking about current laws and customs that contribute to outright violence, imprisonment and even death.

And Rush Limbaugh wannabe now skip-to-the-MSNBC-chair Charlie Sykes lists off all the reasons Clarke shouldn’t be anywhere but a 30 member 4-Chan channel of conspiracy whackjobs, but says this plagiarism thing “might be” what makes the Trump administration think twice?

Joe Lieberman is rumored to be Trump’s top choice for the new F.B.I. director. Some in the media have commented that he’s a strange choice, and I have to admit that I thought the same.

After all, Lieberman has no law enforcement background whatsoever. He’s not exactly Republican and not quite a Democrat either. Some speculated that this was perhaps a strategy of Trump’s to get votes from both sides.

Whenever trying to figure out Trump, trying to understand his decisions, you must always remember one thing: Trump makes decisions based on loyalty and what will benefit him the most. That’s it.

He’s not considering Joe Lieberman because he will make conservatives somewhat happy, nor is he hoping that Democrats will acquiesce. He’s considering Lieberman because he and his law firm have been loyal to Trump for more than a decade. Lieberman’s law firm, Kasowitz, Benson and Torress LLP, have represented Donald Trump in many lawsuits and continue to do so today.

But their loyalty doesn’t end there. Marc Kasowitz gave $150,000 to Trump Victory and $5,400 to the Trump/Pence campaign. His wife, Lori gave Trump Victory an additional $50,000 and $5,400 to Trump/Pence. Trump raked in $300,000 more for his inaugural campaign through the law firm itself. (All data came from FEC filings.)

Jon Klein, the former head of CNN’s U.S. division, argues in The Washington Post that the Internet didn’t divide the American media into warring tribal fiefdoms — it was Roger Ailes:

When the network launched in 1996, few realized that Ailes had hatched the prototype news organization of the 21st century: information with attitude; facts yoked to a point of view, the more provocative the better; a tribal vibe, outsiders unwelcome and openly scorned. The Internet did not, as is so often alleged, usher in the siloed media environment in which we find ourselves today and likely forever. Ailes did that — by proving that there is money, influence and power to be found in serving well-defined interest groups instead of trying to please the widest possible audience.

I don’t agree with Klein that the “siloing” is across the board — Pew found in 2014 that liberals were getting their news from a number of sources, while conservatives loved Fox. What he’s describing is happening to some extent on the left, but it’s pervasive on the right.

During a photo op where there was no cause to say anything whatsoever, Donald Trump opened his Yuge Piehole ™ and told the world that he “never said ‘Israel’” to the Russians in the Oval Office.

The look on Benjamin Netanyahu’s face.

This will be taught in history classes for decades to come. Bay of Pigs will be forgotten. Watergate a footnote. Mark your calendars and save the newspapers, kids. The so-called president of the United States outed an ally as the source of intelligence he shared with a hostile foreign power. But it was about him NOT sharing it in the Oval Office when he shared the intelligence itself.

The Trump family better hope a diagnosis of latent syphilis or dementia is to follow, because otherwise there is NO excuse for this diarrhea of the mouth. And this moment destroys the Trump name forever.

He is dangerously stupid or really sick and needs to be removed from office.

PS I blame Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Reince Priebus, the entire Republican Party and all the cable news outlets who ran empty Trump podiums for hours on end. You are all complicit.